Selection Criteria

This topic guide is designed to serve both as an introduction to Hospice and Palliative Care and as a reference
that collects the “best of the best” resources: selected documents,
organizations, tools, funding opportunities, news items, events, and program examples.

Every effort has been made to ensure that this guide includes the most informative, useful,
up-to-date, accessible resources which are publicly available. The aim, in this regard, is
to be selective, not comprehensive – to collect and emphasize the
best resources.

RHIhub’s staff reviews each guide annually and removes resources which have
become dated or less-useful due to the dynamic nature of rural health.
New resources are added continually throughout each year.

RHIhub’s collection contains thousands of useful and important resources which are not
listed on a topic guide. All of RHIhub’s collection is accessible via
our site-wide search or by contacting our information specialists
directly for customized assistance.

The Rural Health Information Hub is supported by the Health Resources
and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
under Grant Number U56RH05539 (Rural Assistance Center for Federal Office of Rural Health
Policy Cooperative Agreement). Any information, content, or conclusions on this website are
those of the authors and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor
should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.